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Secunia Research: PassGo SSO Plus Insecure Default Directory Permissions



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                     Secunia Research 22/11/2006

     - PassGo SSO Plus Insecure Default Directory Permissions -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software 

PassGo SSO Plus 2.1.0.32.

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where:  Local system

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3) Vendor's Description of Software 

"SSO Plus automatically remembers your passwords for you.".

Product Link:
http://www.ssoplus.com/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a security issue in PassGo SSO Plus,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The problem is that the application sets insecure default permissions
(grants "Everyone" group "Full Control") on the "PassGo Technologies"
directory and all child objects. This can be exploited to remove,
manipulate, and replace any of the application's files.

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5) Solution 

Set proper permissions on the application directory and all child
objects.

Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

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6) Time Table 

11/10/2006 - Vendor notified.
21/11/2006 - Vendor reminder sent.
22/11/2006 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned 
CVE-2006-5965 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-68/

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